Dr William Gilbert Grace First Class Carrier Spans from Year 1864 To 1908 [44 Years] Grace Played 880 FC Matches Scored 54,896 Runs 126 Centuries and 251 Half Centuries As A Bowler He took 2,876 Wickets
So he was called as GRANDFATHER OF CRICKET just like we today idolize Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar Our great great Grandfathers praise these cricketers
Came here after visiting a ground that Grace played at in Sheffield park. It was said he hit a 130 yard six and it bounced off an oak tree which was then named after him. There’s an iron girdle around the tree which marks the one he hit. Found it very interesting.
A ranking that I made one or two years ago:- 1. Don Bradman 2. Garry Sobers 3. Sachin Tendulkar 4. WG Grace 5. Imran Khan 6. Viv Richards 7. Jacques Kallis 8. Jack Hobbs 9. Shane Warne 10. Brian Lara 11. Muttiah Muralitharan 12. Malcolm Marshall 13. Glenn McGrath 14. Wasim Akram 15. Richard Hadlee 16. Keith Miller 17. Ian Botham 18. Wally Hammond 19. Sydney Barnes 20. Sunil Gavaskar 21. Adam Gilchrist 22. Len Hutton 23. George Headley 24. Dennis Lillee 25. Curtly Ambrose 26. Graeme Pollock 27. Greg Chappell 28. Bill O'Reilly 29. Herbert Sutcliffe 30. Kapil Dev 31. Fred Trueman 32. Victor Trumper 33. Ricky Ponting 34. Virat Kohli 35. Kumar Sangakkara 36. Barry Richards 37. Wilfred Rhodes 38. Allan Border 39. Frank Worrell 40. Joel Garner 41. Waqar Younis 42. Steve Waugh 43. Ray Lindwall 44. Michael Holding 45. Shaun Pollock 46. AB De Villiers 47. Dale Steyn 48. KS Ranjitsinhji 49. Rahul Dravid 50. Denis Compton 51. Allan Donald 52. Richie Benaud 53. Ken Barrington 54. Javed Miandad 55. Andy Roberts 56. James Anderson 57. Steve Smith 58. Jim Laker 59. Fred Spofforth 60. Everton Weekes 61. Courtney Walsh 62. Alec Bedser 63. Allan Knott 64. Clyde Walcott 65. Frank Woolley 66. Joe Root 67. Kane Williamson 68. Mike Procter 69. Clarrie Grimmett 70. Harold Larwood 71. Alan Davidson 72. George Lohmann 73. Neil Harvey 74. Peter May 75. Anil Kumble
ESPN's ranking is beyond absurd. Utter garbage with the panel consisting primarily of great players who have no expertise in statistics or cricket history. Grace being ranked #14 despite dominating unlike anyone not named Bradman. Sydney Barnes ranked at #26!!??? Ranking is a job for scholars and statisticians, not athletes. The cricket world desperately needs a Bill James.
Dr William Gilbert Grace First Class Carrier Spans from Year 1864 To 1908 [44 Years] Grace Played 880 FC Matches Scored 54,896 Runs 126 Centuries and 251 Half Centuries As A Bowler He took 2,876 Wickets
So he was called as GRANDFATHER OF CRICKET
just like we today idolize Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar
Our great great Grandfathers praise these cricketers
Great story about a legend. Interesting how many fielders there was back then and about the gentleman versus players game.
Legend
Came here after visiting a ground that Grace played at in Sheffield park. It was said he hit a 130 yard six and it bounced off an oak tree which was then named after him. There’s an iron girdle around the tree which marks the one he hit. Found it very interesting.
Woah
This man is my great great grandfather.
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A ranking that I made one or two years ago:-
1. Don Bradman
2. Garry Sobers
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. WG Grace
5. Imran Khan
6. Viv Richards
7. Jacques Kallis
8. Jack Hobbs
9. Shane Warne
10. Brian Lara
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12. Malcolm Marshall
13. Glenn McGrath
14. Wasim Akram
15. Richard Hadlee
16. Keith Miller
17. Ian Botham
18. Wally Hammond
19. Sydney Barnes
20. Sunil Gavaskar
21. Adam Gilchrist
22. Len Hutton
23. George Headley
24. Dennis Lillee
25. Curtly Ambrose
26. Graeme Pollock
27. Greg Chappell
28. Bill O'Reilly
29. Herbert Sutcliffe
30. Kapil Dev
31. Fred Trueman
32. Victor Trumper
33. Ricky Ponting
34. Virat Kohli
35. Kumar Sangakkara
36. Barry Richards
37. Wilfred Rhodes
38. Allan Border
39. Frank Worrell
40. Joel Garner
41. Waqar Younis
42. Steve Waugh
43. Ray Lindwall
44. Michael Holding
45. Shaun Pollock
46. AB De Villiers
47. Dale Steyn
48. KS Ranjitsinhji
49. Rahul Dravid
50. Denis Compton
51. Allan Donald
52. Richie Benaud
53. Ken Barrington
54. Javed Miandad
55. Andy Roberts
56. James Anderson
57. Steve Smith
58. Jim Laker
59. Fred Spofforth
60. Everton Weekes
61. Courtney Walsh
62. Alec Bedser
63. Allan Knott
64. Clyde Walcott
65. Frank Woolley
66. Joe Root
67. Kane Williamson
68. Mike Procter
69. Clarrie Grimmett
70. Harold Larwood
71. Alan Davidson
72. George Lohmann
73. Neil Harvey
74. Peter May
75. Anil Kumble
Nice! I personally would've put Grace a lot lower and had Viv above Tendulkar. Also, Hammond, Hobbs, and Hutton would feature a lot higher too..
@@tangibleemotions7 thanks! I rate grace that high considering how influential he was as he was the first real great cricketer.
Grace wouldn't make that list 😅😅😅
Peter may 😅😅😅where's Dean jones
@@stevesalkas9128 I rate Test exploits higher than ODI's. And saying that Grace doesn't make the list just shows how ignorant you are about him.
Guy cried when was out wouldn't leave ... baby 😅😅😅
Renowned non walker .😕
He was good... but Bradman I think is still better. He still had to play on horrific pitches.
14 far too low. Should be in top 10.
ESPN's ranking is beyond absurd. Utter garbage with the panel consisting primarily of great players who have no expertise in statistics or cricket history. Grace being ranked #14 despite dominating unlike anyone not named Bradman. Sydney Barnes ranked at #26!!??? Ranking is a job for scholars and statisticians, not athletes. The cricket world desperately needs a Bill James.
My feelings are exactly like yours. Grace, at worst, should be in top 5.